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  • BIRTH 12/01/1974
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 13
  • MOVIES 5

Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Jayne Chisholm, professionally known as Melanie C, is an English singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actress and television personality. She is one of the five members of the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. Chisholm began her solo career in late 1998 by singing with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams on the worldwide hit "When You're Gone". Melanie was born in Whiston, Merseyside, as the only child in the family. She later moved to Widnes, Cheshire, at a young age. Her parents married on 12 January 1971 and separated in 1978, when young Chisholm was four-and-a-half years old. Her father, Alan Chisholm, worked as a fitter at the Otis Elevator Company. Her mother, Joan O'Neill, worked as a secretary and PA and has been singing in music bands since she was 14. Chisholm was raised at Widnes, Cheshire, where she attended Brookvale Junior School and Fairfield High School. Following school, she studied for a diploma course in dance, singing, drama, and musical theatre at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Southeast London. During college, she replied to an advert in The Stage by Chris and Bob Herbert, who were looking to form a new girl group, later to become the Spice Girls. She left college just short of completing her three-year course and gained teaching qualifications in tap and modern theatre dance with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.

Melanie Chisholm

Shows (13)

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Sporty Spice - Musical Guest
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World
Self - Guest Judge
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
The View
The View
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
Room 101
Room 101
Self
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Self - Host / Self - Host/ Performer / Self - Sporty Spice
Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice
Self
Girl Powered: The Spice Girls
Girl Powered: The Spice Girls
Self - Sporty Spice

Movies (5)

Spice World
Spice World
Melanie C - Sporty Spice
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A…
Self - Sporty Spice
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
The Sarah Millican Television Programme -…
Self
Keith Lemon: The Film
Keith Lemon: The Film
Mel C
Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
Self - Sporty Spice